Thermodynamic coupling of reactions via few-molecule vibrational polaritons

Autor:	Koner, Arghadip, Du, Matthew, Pannir-Sivajothi, Sindhana, Goldsmith, Randall H., Yuen-Zhou, Joel
Rok vydání:	2023
Předmět:	Physics - Chemical Physics
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
Popis:	Interaction between light and molecular vibrations leads to hybrid light-matter states called vibrational polaritons. Even though many intriguing phenomena have been predicted for single-molecule vibrational strong coupling (VSC), several studies suggest that these effects tend to be diminished in the many-molecule regime due to the presence of dark states. Achieving single or few-molecule vibrational polaritons has been constrained by the need for fabricating extremely small mode volume infrared cavities. In this work, we propose an alternative strategy to achieve single-molecule VSC in a cavity-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (CERS) setup, based on the physics of cavity optomechanics. We then present a scheme harnessing few-molecule VSC to thermodynamically couple two reactions, such that a spontaneous electron transfer can now fuel a thermodynamically uphill reaction that was non-spontaneous outside the cavity. Comment: preprint
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/2302.03880 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv